What are the 7 modal verbs in German?

The modal verbs in German are:

• können (can)
• dürfen (may)
• mögen (like)
• müssen (must)
• sollen (should)
• wollen (want).

How do you negate modal verbs?

Modal verbs are NEVER used with other auxiliary verbs such as do, does, did etc. The negative is formed simply by adding “not” after the verb; questions are formed by inversion of the verb and subject. Modal verbs are auxiliaries, ‘helping verbs’ used with another verb (in the infinitive form) to modify its meaning.

What is a negative modal verb example?

He might/may be late today – there’s a lot of traffic on the roads. He might/may not get here on time – there’s a lot of traffic on the roads. You should stop smoking because it’s unhealthy. You shouldn’t smoke so much – it’s unhealthy.

How do you make a negative sentence in German?

One way of making a sentence negative in German is to add the word nicht (not) to the sentence….Make these sentences negative by adding nicht, then translate them.

1. Der Zug kommt an.
2. Wir faulenzen.
3. Sie schminkt sich.

Is Will a modal verb in German?

The modal verbs in German are: können (can, to be able to), müssen (must, to have to), wollen (will, to want to), sollen (should, am to, ought to, to be supposed to), dürfen (may, to be allowed to), mögen (to like, to like to).

Is haben a modal verb?

The auxiliary verb of the modals is haben. In the formation of both the present and past perfect tenses of the modal verbs we are introduced to a variation on the “double infinitive” phenomenon.

Can negative modal verbs?

The modal auxiliary can and the negative forms cannot, can’t. The auxialiary/modal can has the same form regardless the subject. There is no -s in the 3rd person singular. The auxialiary/modal can is used with a main verb in its infinitive.

What comes after modal verbs in the sentence?

If the phrase be able to is used after a modal verb or as a modal verb phrase, the base form of the verb should follow to. It looks like an infinitive, but to is part of the modal verb phrase.

What is so in German?

The proper way translation for that kind of English so is the German word unbedingt.

How many modal verbs are there?

nine modal auxiliary verbs
There are nine modal auxiliary verbs: shall, should, can, could, will, would, may, must, might. There are also quasi-modal auxiliary verbs: ought to, need to, has to.